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Monday: #Microsoft caves following outrage about the new #Recall feature's accusations of being spyware by making it "opt-in" on #Windows12. 🤔

#microsoft #recall #windows12

#microsoft #gdpr

Do you ever stumble upon an old Excel file that's locked with a password and you can't remember what it is? This can be incredibly frustrating, especially if the file contains valuable data! 😩

In my latest video, I show you a surprisingly easy way to remove worksheet protection from any Excel file, even if you don't have the password! This trick is perfect for those times when you're locked out of your own information.

The best part? You don't need any fancy software to do it! Just a little bit of text editing will do the trick. 😉
Check out my full video here: youtu.be/68goS6XdoW0

#excel #howto #productivity #exceltips #microsoft #office #tutorial #tech #software #spreadsheets #YouTube #Feditips

YouTube Thumbnail image highlighting the Excel logo with the caption "Unlock any Protected Excel File!"

🔓 Unlock ANY Password-Protected Excel File (No Software Needed!)

Tired of being locked out of your own Excel data? In this video, I reveal a simple trick to remove worksheet password protection from ANY Excel file, even if...
YouTube
#FediTips #software #youtube #microsoft #office #tech #tutorial #productivity #howto #excel #exceltips #spreadsheets

#privacy #microsoft #eff #recall #sukromie

Microsoft's Recall function is looking like a total security disaster.

doublepulsar.com/recall-steali…

#Microsoft #Recall #CyberSecurity


Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.

I wrote a piece recently about Copilot+ Recall, a new Microsoft Windows 11 feature which — in the words of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella- takes “screenshots” of your PC constantly, and makes it into an…
Kevin Beaumont (DoublePulsar)
#microsoft #cybersecurity #recall

#Windows #microsoft #curl #iibpsl

With #Microsoft introducing #Recall which will screenshot your screen to monitor all activities on your device, this begs the question...

What #Linux distro will you be switching to?

A screenshot from Microsoft's promo video of Recall showing a man in his home asking Recall to locate the website where he saw a white pair of sneakers. Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/copilot-plus-pcs#experiences
#linux #microsoft #recall

#infosec #microsoft #threatintel

With the impending doom of ICQ in June and the new crappy version of Teams coming in July, I would like to post this meme one final time

#ICQ #Teams #Microsoft #MicrosoftTeams

The two dog meme, strong dog with ICQ logo, 'Find anyone on earth and send direct file transfers in 50 different chats on a 486 with 4MB ram using a 14400 baud modem' and small weak crying dog with Teams logo, 'I ran out of memory while loading your username'
#microsoft #teams #microsoftteams #icq

23.5.2024 - Der Tag an dem offensichtlich wurde, dass Bing praktisch die einzige verbliebene Alternative zu Google ist. Alle anderen "Suchmaschinen" sind Bing mit Schlapphut und Trenchcoat. 🕵️

heise.de/news/Bing-DuckDuckGo-…

#ZerschlagtDieMonopole #microsoft #google #bing #duckduckgo #qwant #ecosia #startpage


Bing, DuckDuckGo und weitere Suchmaschine nicht erreichbar

Einige Suchmaschinen, die nicht Google sind, funktionieren derzeit nicht. Betroffen sind Bing, DuckDuckGo und Ecosia.
Eva-Maria Weiß (heise online)
#google #microsoft #duckduckgo #bing #startpage #qwant #zerschlagtdiemonopole #ecosia

A Word of Advice if you
intend on using/trying Microsoft's newly announced Recall feature :windows: :

Be *extremely* careful with the data of others.

Recording your own data is one thing, but if you continuously use a feature that will record others on video conferences, chat conversations, and emails, without explicit consent, you could get in a lot of trouble.

Not only this can be extremely unethical (to say the least), but it could also expose you to serious legal consequences.

Remember:

1. Be careful: The use of this feature might not even be legal in some locations/situations/circumstances. If you use it, you should verify this first.

2. Consent should always be free, explicit, and revocable.

3. Once you collect the data of others, you become its guardian. You have a responsibility to secure it properly, for as long as you keep it. This is a heavy burden.

4. The easiest and safest course of action is to simply not collect this data in the first place.

In that sense, I highly recommend NOT using features such as Microsoft's Recall.

This is a data privacy disaster waiting to happen. For others, and for yourself.

#Privacy #Recall #Microsoft :2001:

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…


New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."
Ars Technica
#privacy #microsoft #recall

#a11y #Accessibility #foss #free #opensource #screenreader #microsoft #nvdasr #News #nvda

#privacy #microsoft #AI

This week's In-Process is out, featuring all you need to know about copying text in Word, using Browse mode in Word, getting help in NVDA, and a special thanks to our friends at ISCB! All online now: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-6…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Microsoft #MicrosoftOffice #Office365 #Office #Keyboard

Paste options in Word after pasting then pressing control. Image decorated with turquoise and orange accents.

In-Process 6th May 2024

We’ve previously covered a lot of the headline features of NVDA 2024.1. Today let’s look at a couple you may have missed. Specifically, copying text in Word, and getting help. Copying t…
NV Access
#Accessibility #screenreader #microsoft #nvdasr #office #nvda #office365 #keyboard #microsoftoffice

Microsoft pokračuje v bití sa do pŕs, ako to s tou bezpečnosťou na prvom mieste myslí sakra vážne. Veľký šéf dokonca odkomunikoval všetkým zamestnancom pomerne rozsiahlu správu, kde sa okrem iného píše aj to, že ak sa kedykoľvek musia rozhodovať medzi bezpečnosťou alebo inou prioritou - majú jednoznačne uprednostniť bezpečnosť. #Microsoft #Bezpečnosť

Krásne, skvelé, takto by som bol rád, keby sa firmy správali. Ale verím tomu, že to myslia (v MS) úprimne? Že to nie je iba reakcia na aktuálny negatívny sled udalostí? Že to nevyfučí ako balón behom max jedného kvartálu? #Firmy #Správanie

Neverím im ani slovo. Iste, aj takýto krátkodobý záchvev môže na chvíľu veci trošku zlepšiť, ale nemajme prehnané očakávania. MS bral doteraz bezpečnosť buď ako nutné zlo, alebo ako spôsob ryžovania, keď čo i len trochu pokročilejšie bezpečnostné funkcie zabalil do najdrahšiej E5 licencie. #Microsoft #Bezpečnosť

To, že MS produkty sú obľúbeným (rozšíreným a deravým) cieľom útočníkov nie je novinka a všetci to vieme už nejakú tú dekádu, takže ich aktuálne "precitnutie" je naozaj veľmi ťažko uveriteľné. #MS #Produkty #Útočníci #Bezpečnosť #Memo #TheVerge

theverge.com/24148033/satya-na…


Read Satya Nadella’s Microsoft memo on putting security first

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants every employee to focus on security. In a memo, he calls on employees not to make security tradeoffs.
Tom Warren (The Verge)
#microsoft #ms #bezpečnost #firmy #spravanie #produkty #utocnici #memo #theverge

#opensource #microsoft #dos #msdos

#matrix #microsoft #unitednations

#opensource #microsoft #OSSummit #linuxfoundation

#microsoft

I would use #Outlook only in a business context. Then it's corporate data, and the company can decide to share it with #Microsoft or not. Having 813 "partners" which use your private data while you use Outlook for your private emails, sounds like a #privacy nightmare.
#privacy #microsoft #outlook

⚡ Watch out: #Microsoft joins #Google & #Facebook with its focus on ads first. ⚡

When creating a test account, #Outlook informed us of 813 data sharing partners! 🫢

Plus, the "new" Outlook app is quietly storing your data in the cloud, including your passwords.
👉 tuta.com/blog/outlook-shares-p…

A pop-up banner from Outlook informing us that they will be sharing our data with their 813 partners.

Emails, Contacts, Passwords - Oh My! New Outlook Shares It All With Microsoft Putting Your Security At Risk

Microsoft's new Outlook for Windows shares all your data with its severs - and with up to 813 partners.
Tutanota
#google #facebook #microsoft #outlook

NV Access is very pleased to announce the release of our updated Microsoft Word with NVDA training module. Available now from nvaccess.org/product/microsoft… Extensively rewritten, the module incorporates the latest NVDA and Office 365 features and keystrokes. At only $32 Australian (Roughly $20 USD / 19€ - converted at checkout), it's very affordable. #Training #NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #ScreenReader #Learning #Word #Microsoft #Office

Microsoft Word Training for NVDA (eBook)

The official training material for Microsoft Word 2010 through to the latest 2021 and Office 365 with NVDA. Concepts covered range from getting started with Microsoft Word to advanced skills such a…
NV Access
#Accessibility #screenreader #microsoft #nvdasr #office #training #nvda #learning #word

#Microsoft #popup
Où est le bouton "Ta gueule" ?

(Désolé mais maintenant que ma machine de boulot est un Windows, vous allez m'entendre râler.)

Encore une popup dans Microsoft Teams : "Marquer tout comme lu. Marquer tous les éléments comme lus dans Activités, Conversion ou Teams." (Il y a bouton "J'ai compris".)
#microsoft #popup

I’m not sure who’s to blame in the #EU for giving up to the lobbying efforts of #Apple and #Microsoft (I can’t think of anything short of either public official corruption or macroscopic incompetence behind the last minute partial reversal of the #DMA definition of “gatekeeper” for the two most valuable companies in the world), but these are some consequences of this decision:

  1. If Apple isn’t labelled as a gatekeeper when it comes to #iMessage (an app used by 1.3B people), then they won’t have to comply and open up their walled garden to 3rd-party clients - while, for example, Messenger and WhatsApp will have to comply, despite having similar numbers of users.
  2. If Microsoft isn’t labelled as a gatekeeper when it comes to #Edge (a piece of software installed as the default browser on an OS used by at least 1.5B people), then they’ll be free to keep rewriting https:// URLs as microsoft-edge:https:// just for the sake of intercepting everything and breaking compatibility, they’ll no longer have to provide browser selection pop-ups on fresh Windows installations, and they can keep opening all the web views and PWA on Windows devices in their own browser without providing alternatives - while, for example, Chrome and Safari will have to comply.

Shame on the EU for bending to them. They have just lost a huge chunk of credibility, and nobody should trust them the next time that they say that they want to uphold the same principles to everyone. Shame on these companies and on their lobbying efforts. Shame on everybody who still uses their products and gives them so much undeserved leverage.

The DMA and the “gatekeeper” definition was supposed to be the proof that these companies are now run by responsible adults. Being a “gatekeeper” is the acknowledgment that you are running platforms used by billions, and with great power comes great responsibility - towards society, towards regulators, towards the rules of the open market, towards your own competitors.

My employer might be included on the list soon as well, and I’m more than happy to comply. Large tech companies like ours have enjoyed lavish profits and outrageous market shares and ignored anti-competition laws for too long: now it’s time to prove that we’re all grown ups who want to play by the rules.

Instead, Apple and Microsoft have unleashed their overpaid legal counsels and lobbying crews, who have engaged in a pathetic dance to gaslight Brussels officials, and force them to say that one of the largest messaging platforms and one of the most used browsers in the world, run by the two companies with the highest evaluations in the world, for some reason are not expected to play by the rules written for everyone else.

Shame on them, and shame on the childish sociopaths who run them.

theregister.com/2024/02/14/app…


Europe loosens the straps tying Apple and Microsoft to tough antitrust rules

Did someone say a safety word? iMessage, Bing, Edge, Ads avoid gatekeeper restrictions
Thomas Claburn (The Register)
#apple #dma #microsoft #EU #imessage #edge

📫GREAT Reason To Both Use / Support @thunderbird #Thunderbird

New Microsoft #Outlook Collects / Shares Your Data w/Over 772 Parties

#email #communication #FOSS #Microsoft #Thunderbird #Mozilla #encryption #crypto #e2ee #infosec #Proton #surveillance #cybersecurity #privacy #News

proton.me/blog/outlook-is-micr…


Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service

The new Outlook now appears to be a data collection service for Microsoft’s 772 external partners for targeted advertising.
Edward Komenda (Proton)
#foss #email #privacy #infosec #mozilla #encryption #thunderbird #microsoft #News #crypto #communication #cybersecurity #surveillance #proton #outlook #e2ee @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

#a11y #Accessibility #microsoft

#datenschutz #microsoft #DSGVO #TTDSG #o365 #verantwortungslosigkeit

Resolved: Microsoft Outlook Blocking All Email from @tutanota.com Domain as Spam.

tuta.com/blog/outlook-falsely-…

This is just another example of how much power Microsoft has. But sometimes I'm not sure they really know what they're doing.

Anyway, dealing with Windows email users (businesses and individuals) can be a nightmare.

If you plan on using your own email server, sooner or later you'll be playing this game too.

#microsoft #outlook #hotmail #email #spam @Tutanota

Resolved: Microsoft Outlook Blocking All Email from @tutanota.com Domain as Spam.

Update: Emails from Tutanota.com no longer go to Spam in Outlook.
Tutanota
#email #microsoft #outlook #hotmail #spam @Tuta

#microsoft #outlook #spread

#email #microsoft #spf #fcc #Regulators #dmarc #dkim #provider #toobigtofail @European Commission @Bundesnetzagentur

#privacy #microsoft #outlook

Edit2: Solved! Thanks everyone!
#Blind #Microsoft #excel users and others who, for whatever reason, only use the keyboard, NOT THE MOUSE: How the hell do I tell Excell to continue a pattern in a column without selecting it and clicking on the bottom left side of the screen or whatever?
Let's say I have a column with 1 in A1, 2 in A2, 3 in A3, so forth, and want that to go on for 150 cells or so. How the hell do I do it? Because I know I used to know, but I cannot find it.
It's not control+d. That just fills the whole column with 1's. It's not copy-paste; that does adjust properly for formulas, but for this, it doesn't. There is surely an option somewhere in the menus, but I cannot find it.
Alternatively, I'd also be happy to learn of ways to do this in #OpenOffice #Calc, so long as they are keyboard-only and accessible. LibreOffice doesn't work all that well here, at least Writer doesn't, but I could double-check if that extends to other programs.
#AskFedi #AskMastodon #ScreemReader

Edit: a couple folks suggested using formulas for this, adding so the first cell would be 1, the second A1 +1, etc. That works quite well for most use cases! It would mean the order of the numbers would stay the same when reordering the table though, so if I was using this to autocomplete a list of years, then sold by the comumn Income ... bam, the income of each year's not right anymore.
Also suggested was Home>Fill>Series. I do not see a Series option in the Fill menu at all, Bewilderingly. I'll try to switch my language to English to see if that's the issue, but I pressed all the things, so pretty sure it's not there for me in Office 365. Could someone with that version check whether it works for them?
Edit2: I figured out how to get to the series option! Turns out it was there, I just didn't realise I had to select the right type of series. :ms_facepalm: For those curious, for the Slovenian version, that's Alt +N, FI, V, Enter.

#askfedi #askmastodon #blind #microsoft #excel #openoffice #calc #screemreader

@sascha @heluecht @one

Ganz genau... wenn jede Implementation beliebig von der Empfehlung (Recommendation) abweicht, kann man sich ein Standardprotokoll auch sparen... ;-)

Ernsthaft, beliebig neue Felder zu nutzen, mag vereinzelt 'ne nette Idee sein, bringt aber zwangsläufig Probleme in der Kommunikation mit sich...

Vergleiche mal die Art, wie #Microsoft & Co. z.B. den E-Mail-Standard unterlaufen... :-(

#microsoft @Michael 🇺🇦 @ONE

#microsoft #outlook

Wer nicht möchte, dass seine E-Mail-Zugangsdaten inklusive E-Mails an Microsoft abfließen, sollte ein alternatives E-Mail-Programm verwenden. Sofern "Neues Outlook" bereits im Einsatz ist, sollte das Konto gelöscht und anschließend die Zugangsdaten geändert werden. Eine mögliche Alternative: Thunderbird. 👇

thunderbird.net/de/

#microsoft #thunderbird #datenschutz #sicherheit #outlook


Thunderbird — Befreien Sie Ihren Posteingang.

Thunderbird ist eine freie E-Mail-Anwendung, die man einfach einrichten und anpassen kann — und sie ist voll mit tollen Funktionen!
Thunderbird
#datenschutz #thunderbird #microsoft #outlook #sicherheit

Shocking but not surprising: New #Microsoft #Outlook is phishing **your mail account credentials** without telling you, all it takes is try it out once. So, don't.
As always, better go with FOSS: @thunderbird

Usually phishing comes from shady people that need to jump through some hoops to try and get you. #Microsoft just thinks they can rob you in broad daylight.. crazy.

heise.de/news/Microsoft-krallt…


Microsoft krallt sich Zugangsdaten: Achtung vor dem neuen Outlook

Das neue kostenlose Outlook ersetzt Mail in Windows, später auch das klassische Outlook. Es schickt geheime Zugangsdaten an Microsoft.
Dirk Knop (heise online)
#microsoft #outlook @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

#datenschutz #microsoft #tracking #spionage

Petition der Mozilla Foundation an #Microsoft:

"Wir haben 4 Jurist*innen, 3 Datenschutzexpert*innen und 2 Aktivist*innen beauftragt, den neuen Servicevertrag von Microsoft unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Keinem der Profis gelang es, dem Dokument zu entnehmen, ob Microsoft plant, Ihre persönlichen Daten – darunter Audio- und Videodaten, Chatprotokolle und Dateianhänge aus 130 Produkten wie Office, Skype, Teams und Xbox – zum Training seiner KI-Modelle zu nutzen.

Wenn 9 Datenschutzexpert*innen nicht verstehen, wie Microsoft Ihre Daten nutzen wird – wie sollen Normalverbraucher*innen da durchblicken? Wahrscheinlich gar nicht. Deshalb fordern wir Microsoft auf, Klartext zu reden, ob das Unternehmen persönliche Daten zu KI-Trainingszwecken einsetzt."

foundation.mozilla.org/de/camp…


Trainiert Microsoft seine KI mit unseren persönlichen Daten? Fragen Sie nach!

Mozilla ist eine globale gemeinnützige Organisation, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, das Internet als globale öffentliche Ressource zu erhalten, die offen und für alle zugänglich ist.
Mozilla Foundation
#microsoft

#microsoft

#microsoft #vulnerability #backdoor

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